Social Worker - Corporate Parenting Teams - Seeking Sanctuary Team
Teams: Corporate Parenting Teams- Seeking Sanctuary Team
Job Family: Supporting CBG9 / CBG10
Salary: Level 1 (CBG9)- £33,731 - £36,397 per annum pro rata + £5,100 MRS per annum pro rata
Level 2 (CBG10)- £37,282 - £38,826 per annum pro rata + £5,150 MRS per annum pro rata + £3,850 Enhanced MRS per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 8th December 2024
Interview Date: TBC
About the role:
Here in Central Bedfordshire, we have exciting plans to continue to shape how we work with families and their children. Having recently launched a new dedicated Corporate Parenting Service we are looking to recruit Social Workers who want to work in a service that is highly ambitious for all of our children and young people. During a recent focussed visit Ofsted recognised Central Bedfordshire’s values of placing children and young people at the centre of all that we do.
As Corporate Parents, we ensure meaningful engagement with children and young people and we stick with them, so that they reach their aspirations and go on to succeed in adulthood, living successful independent lives.
Relationship based practice sits at the core of everything we do by working with children, families and their natural networks to build on their strengths. Our workforce told Ofsted that they enjoy working for Central Bedfordshire and feel well supported by visible and caring managers and senior leaders. Ofsted also recognised the level of support available through a wide range of relevant training and development opportunities which help our practitioners undertake reflective and effective quality work with children and their families and networks.
We are so proud of our workforce and their dedication to our Children in Care - if you are passionate, creative and committed to achieving outstanding outcomes, we want to hear from you!
The ideal candidate will need to have confidence in planning, implementing, reviewing, and evaluating interventions and plans to ensure great outcomes for children and young people. Being responsible for achieving and supporting permanence planning for Children in Care, you will be skilled in developing and maintaining working relationships with children, young people and the networks around them, ensuring support planning is specific to their needs and wishes.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of passionate and committed practitioners who recognise that our Children and Young People Seeking Sanctuary are at the heart of everything we do.
We are able to provide you with:
• Access to training in Systemic Practice and Motivational Training
• Support to complete Practice Education qualifications
• Support to complete a post-qualifying Masters in Child and Family Social Work
• Regular personal and group supervisions
• Supportive Managers, Senior Leaders and Teams
• Manageable caseloads allowing for outstanding work
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Peter Barras at peter.barras@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 6780, or Laura Gavrilla at laura.gavrila@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 5749
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council